↑ 244: Willisch

• Made in Switzerland [Earrly 1950s].
• 750x300 mm.
• Weight: 880 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 34x23 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Straight adze with a straight edge and a slight arch.
• Adze: 80(l)x64(w)x1(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 5 shallow teeth.
• Pick: 160(l)x21(h)x10(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 61(l)x10(w)x11(t) mm.
• This popular handcrafted axe was known for its balance and light weight.
• Second postwar generation.
• Stamped with the "Gebr. Willisch." logo. Used from after the war through 1954.

↑ 142: Willisch

• Made in Switzerland [1960s].
• 750x295 mm.
• Weight: 845 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 34x22 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Adze is strongly curved in both directions and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 80(l)x78(w)x4(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 6 shallow teeth.
• Pick: 160(l)x27(h)x7(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 59(l)x10(w)x10(t) mm.
• Glide ring with adjustable web strap.
• This popular handcrafted axe was known for its balance and light weight.
• Third post-war generation with a strongly cupped adze.
• In the 1955 the logo inscription changed from "Gebr. Willisch" to "Roman Willisch.".

↑ 257: Willisch

• Made in Switzerland [1970s].
• 660x295 mm.
• Weight: 755 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 35x21 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with a straight edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 85(l)x76(w)x3(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a rounded tip and with 6 teeth starting 45 mm. from tip.
• Pick: 155(l)x26(h)x5(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 49(l)x11(w)x11(t) mm.
• Adze edge is straight then transitions to well- rounded corners.
• The half-rounded tip is unusual, but it could easly be field to form a positive-clearance chisel tip
• Third post-war generation.
• From ca. 1967 until the 1980s, Konstanz and later Gottfried joined ther faterh Roman. The axes were stamped "R. Willisch & Söhne.".